Eevee was a Pokémon Mio Takamiya had caught in the Safari Zone, but throughout their time together, Eevee had worked hard to learn Fairy-type moves to meet Mio Takamiya's expectations.
Eevee had even kept avoiding all kinds of Evolution Stones, as well as the energy of the sun and moon, to avoid evolving into other forms.
Although Eevee had not been trained for very long, during one of Mio Takamiya's special training sessions, Eevee had heard her talk about some inconceivable things.
Although Eevee did not understand, Eevee could sense Mio Takamiya's feelings and became even more determined to do something for her.
In the end, Eevee lived up to her expectations and evolved into Sylveon, a Fairy Pokémon that was the bane of dragons.
But in the final battle, Sylveon had failed to help Mio Takamiya defeat Lin Guang's Charizard. Sylveon was deeply saddened and unwilling to accept it, but there was nothing to be done. Sylveon could only give her an apologetic, helpless look before collapsing to the ground.
As Mio Takamiya watched Sylveon fall, a faint ripple actually stirred in her normally unruffled heart.
From beginning to end, Mio Takamiya had caught Pokémon to defeat Lin Guang. She had mostly treated them as tools to help her accomplish her goal, even specifically raising Sylveon for that purpose.
But the look Sylveon gave her before falling made Mio Takamiya waver ever so slightly.
Mio Takamiya came to Sylveon's side, gently picked Sylveon up, and said softly, "Thank you. You've already worked very hard. Get some rest."
Then Mio Takamiya recalled Sylveon and said to Raichu beside her, "Raichu, I'll leave the rest to you."
"Raichu!"
Raichu answered Mio Takamiya and immediately ran onto the Battle Arena, facing the towering Charizard.
In the battle against Sylveon, Charizard had been